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The twelfth volume in the Routledge-TIRF series presents research on the use of technology and digital learning in English as an additional language (EAL) instruction.

With chapters written by TESOL scholars, including senior scholars as well as TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG) awardees, the book explores various aspects of teaching and learning English in digital spaces. The term digital spaces refers to any space or environment where technology and digital tools (e.g., applications, social media, video-editing software, to name just a few) are used to facilitate and advance language learning. The use of digital tools and spaces has become a prominent topic in TESOL and language education in general. Various scholars have highlighted the importance of digital literacy and multiliteracies development among language learners and have demonstrated how learner engagement with digital spaces and tools can facilitate productive, collaborative, and ultimately more successful language learning at various levels.

The readers of this volume - language educators and researchers - need up-to-date research findings on various approaches to language learning and teaching shaped by digital spaces present in various educational settings. This volume will offer readers examples of how researchers and teachers in language education utilize digital spaces in order to impact approaches to classroom practices.

This collection examines postcolonial studies through the lens of translation studies, focusing on Asian and East Asian experiences. It redefines translation as a process of negotiating Otherness with language at its core.

Following Talal Asad and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's critique, the book shifts from subjectivity to subjectivation, arguing that subjects exist in reciprocal relationships with Others. It positions translation not as identity formation but as communication that occurs through engagement with Others in public spaces. The editors acknowledge that asymmetrical postcolonial situations create misunderstandings, suggesting that recognizing the impossibility of fully understanding Others may actually create opportunities for meaningful connection-introducing the concept of "commensurability of the incommensurable."

Offering a fresh theoretical framework that bridges disciplinary boundaries, this volume will interest scholars and students in postcolonial studies, translation studies, and Asian studies.

Chinese Idioms provides a theoretical framework for understanding idioms in the Chinese language, tracing their origins and analyzing their linguistic evolution.

This work broadens the definition of idioms to encompass fixed phrases comprising two or more characters, thereby distinguishing them from common sayings and proverbs. Integrating linguistic theories with traditional textual research, it examines the structural features and practical value of idioms from the perspectives of semantic evolution, phonetic characteristics, and real-world application. It also cautions against confusing later usage with original sources. Through detailed case studies comparing the prevalent four-character pattern with atypical, shorter phrases, the book unveils the morphological diversity and evolutionary intricacy of Chinese idiomatic expressions.

Grounded in extensive examples from classical texts, this work will serve scholars and students of Chinese linguistics, as well as Chinese language learners, offering an analytical system that balances rigorous academic inquiry with practical usage.

Multilingualism, Literature and Translation in East Asia explores a broad spectrum of theoretical, methodological and empirical questions about multilingualism, literary translation and meaning-making in East Asia in a way that challenges traditional Western-centric approaches.

The book offers fresh perspectives on East Asian multilingual phenomena through contributions from both established and emerging global scholars, addressing crucial gaps in current scholarship. It examines topics such as world literature, postcolonial/diasporic literature, minority languages, dialect translation and the complexities of re-translating multilingual works, while providing innovative bi/multilingual models of literary translation specific to East Asian linguistic contexts.

This edited collection is for scholars working on East Asian languages, literatures, translation and multilingualism around the world.

Equips students to analyze meaning across languages using clear tools and rich examples

Semantics in Action provides an accessible yet rigorous introduction to natural language semantics. Organized around core semantic phenomena such as quantification, relative clauses, modality, events, tense, and aspect, this concise textbook builds skills through detailed, compositional analyses and carefully chosen illustrative examples. Author Toshiyuki Ogihara, a leading voice in cross-linguistic semantic theory and research, anchors the discussion in English and supplements it with Japanese examples.

Balancing clarity with linguistic diversity, each chapter offers lucid explanations, guided analyses, and exercises that help students develop a precise understanding of semantic theory and its application. Ogihara emphasizes the compositional nature of meaning, the syntax-semantics interface, and the utility of semantic reasoning in linguistic research. Providing the foundation to engage deeply with natural language semantics, either as part of formal coursework or as preparation for more advanced research, Semantics in Action:

• Offers a step-by-step approach to compositional semantic analysis with simple, well-chosen examples
• Integrates English as the primary object language with targeted Japanese data to highlight theoretical contrasts
• Supports cross-linguistic analysis, especially for students whose native language differs structurally from English
• Includes exercises as well as charts and figures throughout

Equipping students with both theoretical insight and practical tools for independent research, Semantics in Action is ideal for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students enrolled in courses such as Formal Semantics and Natural Language Semantics.

Bridges linguistic science and cultural history in a chronological account of the English language

A History of the English Language offers a unified study of English that balances detailed linguistic analysis with a wide-ranging cultural and historical narrative. Designed for students and scholars in English departments, this accessible yet rigorous treatment of the history of English integrates phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic development with the literary, social, and political contexts in which the language evolved. While firmly grounded in linguistic scholarship, the book tells the story of English not only through reconstructed proto-forms and sound changes but also through the lived experiences and historical movements of its speakers.

Author Joseph P. McGowan takes a thematic and chronological approach to the English language's development, beginning with the Indo-European roots of English and extending through to its global presence today. Key chapters offer extended focus on topics often neglected in other works, such as the Celtic context of Roman and sub-Roman Britain, and the deep impact of language contact in colonial and postcolonial settings. Rich textual examples spanning genres, regions, and historical periods bring abstract linguistic features to life, illustrating how political expansion, literary expression, and cultural exchange have shaped English over fourteen centuries.

The most extensive single-volume treatment of English's development from pre-history to global modernity, A History of the English Language:

• Addresses varieties of English across time and geography, including British, American, and global forms
• Includes a substantial and original treatment of the Celtic speech area and its influence on early English
• Provides sustained attention to English in contact with other languages across colonial and postcolonial contexts
• Features extended textual and spoken examples to illustrate key linguistic and cultural phenomena
• Uses a thematic and chronological structure that supports both linear reading and modular use for teaching

A History of the English Language is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of the English language, the development of English, sociolinguistics, contact linguistics, and dialectology within English, Linguistics, and Education degree programs. It is also a valuable reference for researchers and educators in historical linguistics and English studies.

This book is a recollection of McCartney's journey across 'Sanskritland,' which is the term coined to refer to the utopian landscape within which the 'Language of the Gods' is thought to be spoken.

There are three destinations on the author's journey. The first includes understanding how Sanskrit narratives are woven into yoga-inflected 'lifestyles,' forming biographies operationalised toward soft-power purposes. Next, the historical sociolinguistic contexts that have shaped Sanskritland are discussed, framed by application in sustainable development narratives. Finally, comprehensive demographic and linguistic analyses of Sanskrit across all of India's census enumerations (from 1872 to 2011) shows the 'shifting sands' of Sanskrit's 'speakers' and how the 'Sanskrit-speaking' village data show that most people who identify as speakers of Sanskrit live in urban areas and 'speak' Sanskrit as a third language. All of these together shed light on how, why, and where Sanskrit is spoken in the twenty-first century, the complex and dynamic historical and contemporary that have allowed this, and how both yoga and Sanskrit are instruments for development and soft-power projects.

This book is an essential read for scholars and students of linguistic anthropology, Indology and sustainable development.

This book uses corpus analysis and experimental methods to examine the structural characteristics and cognitive mechanisms of Chinese-English code-switching. It also compares the syntactic and pragmatic features of code-switching in children and adults.

The title unveils the fascinating mechanics behind Chinese-English code-switching. Drawing on real language examples and cognitive experiments, it explores the hidden rules that govern mixed speech and shows how bilinguals navigate two languages at once. By comparing the different ways in which children and adults switch code, the author sheds new light on bilingual development and the social functions of Chinese-English code-switching. Bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and practical application, the book offers valuable insights into bilingual education, natural language processing, and cross-cultural communication.

It will be invaluable for researchers and professionals in linguistics, bilingual education, and language technology.

This book provides an overview of the role of cognition in L2 writing in order to equip educators with the knowledge and tools necessary to nurture more robust learning experiences in L2 writing instruction.

The book explores the current multifaceted terrain of cognition in L2 writing, tackling various dimensions, including the potential for learning during the writing and revision stages, the influence of cognitive processes and strategies during these stages, and the application of cognition-based research in instructed second language acquisition contexts. It offers educators theoretically driven and empirically supported insights to enrich writing instruction across diverse educational levels, contexts, proficiency levels, genres, and writing conditions.

This edited collection is a valuable resource for graduate students, scholars, and researchers seeking to deepen their understanding of cognition and its impact on second language writing.

Learning and Teaching a Second Language: A Pragmatic Perspective provides an accessible research-based introduction to second language learning and teaching. with a particular focus on everyday language use.

Written by leading experts in the field, this book provides pragmatics-focused insights into the process of acquiring any language, as well as the complexities and challenges often experienced by learners and teachers of a second language. House and Kadar propose a systematic model to describe, interpret and overcome such difficulties, illustrated with real case studies from several second languages such as English, Chinese, Japanese, German and Hungarian. The chapters are clearly structured around practical tasks, encouraging the reader to acquire competence in the field either in a classroom or independently.

Cutting-edge and comprehensive, this is the ideal textbook for students of applied linguistics, pragmatics, intercultural communication, as well as pedagogy and communication studies. It is also an invaluable resource for practitioners and teachers seeking to develop their analytical skills and teaching competence.

This book explores the ever-evolving landscape of automated audiovisual translation (AVT), charting the challenges and opportunities around dubbing and subtitling in the age of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI).

The volume first briefly lays out foundational characteristics of human dubbing and subtitling before moving into a discussion of the hallmarks of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven dubbing and subtitling. Giampieri and Leonardi discuss the most recent advancements in automated AVT to set the stage for examining these dynamics at work in case studies from translator training to legal and medical domains. Chapters look at such examples as AI-powered voice-over and subtitling in an Italian film extract, cross-comparison of the dubbing of a contract reading across different automated voice-over platforms, and a cross-comparison of automatic captions and fansubbed titles in a medical lecture. While such examples focus on particular domains, registers, and contacts, they elucidate fresh insights into the analysis, developments, and challenges around automated AVT across different contexts, paving the way for future research amidst further developments around GenAI's role in AVT more broadly.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars in translation studies, as well as key stakeholders in translator training and active translators in specialized domains.

The Poetics of Self-translation explores the well-attested phenomenon of writers translating part of their own work, underscoring its growing significance in the history of translation and literature. Drawing on established literary and translation research, this book reveals its underlying logic, grammar, or "poetics," with a focus on how writers self-translate, rather than why or with what consequences.

Through an impressive range of examples from Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia, Grutman illustrates the global practice and the varied perceptions of contemporary literary self-translation. The book adopts a comparative approach, highlighting what distinguishes self- from third-party translations: their potential for bidirectionality (where source and target languages switch sides) and consequent feedback, the narrowing time gap between the original and translated work, and insider knowledge of the initial text that allows authors to actively shape their so-called "second originals." In this analysis, Grutman recognises the ambiguity of self-translation, noting that these distinctive features mostly occur when self-translation is a sustained activity in a writer's career. In most cases, self-translators intervene within the range of more conventional translation practices. With this nuanced and balanced perspective, the study reaffirms the interconnection between translation and self-translation and how each enriches our understanding of the other.

Comprehensive and engaging, this book is a valuable resource for students and researchers of literary and translation studies.

Language is more than a tool for communication-it is a powerful force that shapes how knowledge is produced and understood. Studying Language, Producing Knowledge offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to discourse studies, demonstrating how language operates as social action. Anne Maentynen and Sari Pietikaeinen trace the evolution of the field, combining classic theories with contemporary approaches to show how discourse constructs meaning, identities, and social realities.

Through an engaging blend of conceptual explanation and practical guidance, this textbook guides readers step by step through the process of analyzing discourse in real-world contexts. Each chapter provides key concepts, discussion points, and examples that help students move confidently from theory to research practice. Throughout the text, the authors highlight how discourse interacts with power, ideology, and change, and how the study of language can reveal the dynamics of knowledge production in today's complex social world.

Studying Language, Producing Knowledge is written for undergraduate and postgraduate students across language, communication, and cultural studies, as well as sociology and anthropology. It is ideal for courses on discourse analysis, language and society, or qualitative research methods, and serves as an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand how language shapes the ways we know and act.

A student-friendly textbook on Portuguese linguistics for today's diverse classrooms

Introduction to Portuguese Linguistics and Variation offers students a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the structure and variation of Portuguese as spoken across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Designed for undergraduate and introductory graduate students, this textbook bridges traditional linguistic topics with inclusive approaches to variation, discourse and language identity.

Across ten modular chapters, readers are guided through the history of the Portuguese language, sound patterns, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and regional variation. Each chapter includes clearly defined terms, comprehension checks, and thought-provoking discussion questions designed to support classroom instruction and independent study.

• Covers all core areas of Portuguese linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, semantics, and pragmatics
• Emphasizes dialectal variation, Creole languages, and linguistic inclusivity across the Lusophone world
• Features updated discussion of emerging trends in sociolinguistics and language policy
• Includes references to further readings and resources for deeper exploration

Written by a leading educator with extensive experience in Portuguese language teaching and research, Introduction to Portuguese Linguistics and Variation is ideal for courses in Portuguese, Luso-Brazilian studies, and general linguistics, as well as for language teachers working with Portuguese-speaking communities.

This volume highlights cutting-edge research bringing together insights from psychophysiology and (im)politeness studies, showcasing the state of the art and future directions for this interdisciplinary area of study.

The book opens with foundational context on the latest methods from psychophysiology, understood as the field exploring the links between the body and the brain, and their efficacy for (im)politeness research, including fMRI and EEG. While psychophysiology work has been explored in experimental pragmatics, Ruytenbeek points to implications from this work and their potential applications for (im)politeness. The volume presents existing studies using psychophysiological techniques, with a focus on emotional reactions triggered by (im)politeness events. Ruytenbeek reflects on the results of these studies and other recent advances in psychophysiological methods in experimental pragmatics to look ahead to the ways in which they might enhance existing understandings of linguistic (im)politeness.

This innovative book will appeal to students and scholars interested in (im)politeness, in such fields as pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics.

This volume provides a timely and authoritative account of how digital innovation, automation, and artificial intelligence are reshaping interpreting. Once considered a peripheral aid, technology now stands at the centre of professional practice, influencing how interpreters prepare, perform, and reflect on their work.

Organised into four thematic sections, the volume explores the integration of language technologies, AI-driven tools, and computer-assisted and remote interpreting systems. Leading international contributors examine how digital resources are transforming interpreter education, performance, and research while redefining professional identity and cognitive practice.

Combining theoretical insight with empirical evidence, the collection offers a concise road map to the profession's rapid technologisation. It is essential reading for researchers, educators, students, and professionals in translation and interpreting studies who wish to understand how human expertise and artificial intelligence interact in shaping the future of multilingual communication.

Routledge Guides to Teaching Translation and Interpreting is a series of practical guides to key areas of translation and interpreting for instructors, lecturers, and course designers. With professional realities now shaped by readily available translation technologies and generative AI, there is an urgent need to focus on the human aspects of literary translation. The research-based approach to teaching and learning in this volume draws on what translators, theorists, and researchers know about the translating mind to foster the next generation of translators. The six modes of translational thinking in this volume-the caring, sensuous, associative, relational, inquisitive, and reflective mind-are foregrounded as ways to take a human-centered approach to translation teaching, regardless of whether translation technologies are involved in professional translation contexts. Literary translation requires humans to take the lead, and this volume lays the foundation for a humanistic translation pedagogy. Designed to support customizing your classroom, 92 ready-to-use activities and commentaries illustrate how to foster a productive learning environment with course- and program-specific content and specific learning outcomes. This is the essential text for all instructors and lecturers teaching literary translation, translation theory, world literature and comparative literature.